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"Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks"
I'd like to say "shocking", but every day on the nightly news we are subjected to such news here in the U.S. about our gov't...
But I never asked you deluge any trade secrets, did I? (And I follow your sentiments about protecting "intellectual privacy"...)
I merely asked if anyone sells content online (e.g. books or guides) and how was business.
You could have said...
"I make $100/week and it good fun money and that...
Um, I already finished my first book. 25 chapters and about 1,000 pages.
Would like to have at least 3-4 books before I try and sell them, as an online store with one book seems silly to me.
And, yes, the motivation for my business is my love of solving a problem for which I have answers...
You supposedly own a business and you don't want anyone in the public to know about it??
Are you on the black market? o_O
Sure, I could share more about my business, but you're so combative, what good would that do at this point?
Frankly, I came here because it is a UK site and I figured...
No, I don't believe people in the UK are nearly as bitter as you are.
Most Brits I've met are very friendly.
And to think that I am asking for and giving free advice to people on 4 other forums right now proves to me that the Internet is indeed a great place to learn and teach.
(This morning...
I never asked anyone to "teach" me anything!!
I asked if anyone is running a similar business to mine and how business is going.
What is so hard to understand about that?
You're twisting my words into things I have not said.
Most entrepreneurs I know LOVE to tell you about their businesses...
Isn't that why online forums exist? To share experiences and ideas?
Why are you so secretive?
It's not like I'm asking for your name, address, and business plan!
(I could care less how much you did or didn't make, or how successful or not your business is. Just curious to learn about how...
Except...
Except that back in the mid 1990s, the Internet - and the people on it - were "cool".
In the early days of the WWW, people were: curious, open-minded, friendly, polite, mature, and used the WWW as a way to exchange ideas and meet people OFFLINE.
(I made friends from around the world...
Look into VoIP.
I use voip.ms for my business phones. I have several long distance and toll-free numbers and pay maybe $100/year for service. (Seriously.)
I can call anywhere in the world for 2 cents per minute or less, and I don't find latency to be an issue.
Superior solution for nearly...
Really?
That would be like telling someone who wanted to start a restaurant not to talk with other restaurant owners because "They don't have the same menu and customers as you!"
Or like discouraging someone who wanted to be a mechanic to not speak with other mechanics because "They work on...
Facebook was a stupid idea BEFORE it was created!! :D
I got lucky and realized that I was spending too much time online socially in the 90s and got off before all of this nonsense started.
To each his/her own...
Sorry, but social media users have no one to blame but themselves.
If it wasn't abundantly clear to people that YOU and your information were being sold, then you don't understand why these sites exist.
Facebook has always been about control and $$$ and has very little to do with "connecting...
I have one, just didn't share it here... ;)
Wrong. I am starting this business because enough strangers have told me I have good ideas and content and that I should sell my ides, so I finally am taking their advice.
There is an enormous market for what I am doing, but that doesn't...